MakerBot, an American desktop 3D printer manufacturer and Stratasys subsidiary, has launched the MakerBot Certification Program for Students, to provide middle and high school students with 3D printin…
XYZprinting offering 3D printer bundle to support STEAM curriculum
Taiwanese 3D printer manufacturer XYZprinting has announced the launch of a new bundle program for teachers and schools, where a free 3D printer will be delivered alongside purchases of its K-12 STEAM…
PrintLab encourages humanities 3D printing with new Classroom portal
PrintLab International, a 3D printing reseller and distributor based in the UK, has launched PrintLab Classroom, an online portal featuring 3D printing creative projects, workbooks, tutorials and teac…
Project Magnify’s Hansub Kim on using 3D printing to bring STEAM to schools
A group of high school students in Los Angeles have launched a project to engage pupils in STEAM/STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) subjects. using a combination of 3D print…
£3.5 million STEAMhouse incubator and maker space comes to the UK
Birmingham City University has started phase one of its £3.5 million STEAMhouse project. Created as an innovation center for multidisciplinary collaboration between Science, Technology, Engineering, t…
3D Printing at Northern Ireland’s Nerve Centre
This is an article in our new series looking at how 3D printing is used around the world and reporting on ways to get involved in 3D printing. 3D Printing at Northern Ireland’s Nerve Centre By John Pe…
PrintLab and Free_D 3D printing courses up-skill disadvantaged women in India
PrintLab, a global distributor of 3D printed products for education, has teamed up with Free_D, a social enterprise supporting disadvantaged women in India with access to computer aided design (CAD) a…
Serious Games with 3D printing
Virtual reality simulations and “serious games” developed by historical researcher and architect Francesco Gabellone serve to revive the history of lost villages and archaeological sites. …
Free 3D design training explores the freedoms and restrictions of design for 3D printing
As 3D printing grows in popularity and many new owners of 3D printers are taking their first steps with 3D printing, we’ve taken a look at several of the resources available to learn 3D printing…
3D printing predictions for 2017 and the best of medicine, education and Makers
With so much scientific research coming from institutions all over the world, in 2016 I have become 3DPI’s unofficial 3D bioprinting ‘expert’. As someone who loves to learn so much, …